Legal Opinion
Ernst v. Deere and Co.
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 13, 2005No. AC 25732PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DiPENTIMA, J.
The plaintiff, Steven Ernst, 1 appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered in his favor, in which the court awarded him a lesser amount of attorney’s fees than he had requested. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that, after determining that the reasonable value of the fees was approximately $27,000, the court abused its discretion by awarding only $7040.75. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The following facts and procedural history are relevant to our discussion. During their search for a lawn tractor in early 1998, the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Schoonmaker v. Lawrence Brunoli, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- Chrysler Corp. v. MaioccoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Krack v. Action Motors Corp.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2005
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